On Friday, Malaysian authorities arrested Khairuddin Abu Hassan. According to WSJ, the charges were “attempting to undermine democracy.”

What Khairuddin – a former member of Malaysia’s ruling party – was actually “attempting” to do, was travel to New York and urge US authorities to investigate 1MDB, the infamous Goldman-backed development bank turned slush fund that’s become the subject of intense scrutiny after allegations that some $700 million was diverted to Prime Minister Najib Razak’s personal account surfaced earlier this year. Those allegations, along with the perception that Najib’s government has sought to stimy attempts to investigate the bank, have led to calls for the premier’s ouster and were the catalyst for street protests that swept through Kuala Lumpur last month.

1MDB was set up by Najib six years ago and has been the subject of intense scrutiny for borrowing $11 billion to fund questionable acquisitions. $6.5 billion of that debt came from three bond deals underwritten by Goldman, whose Southeast Asia chairman Tim Leissner is married to hip hop mogul Russell Simmons’ ex-wife Kimora Lee who, in turn, is good friends with Najib’s controversial wife Rosmah Manso.

You really cannot make this stuff up.

What Goldman did, apparently, is arrange for three private placements, one for $3 billion and two for $1.75 billion each back in 2013 and 2012, respectively. Goldman bought the bonds for its own book at 90 cents on the dollar with plans to sell them later at a profit (more here from FT). Somewhere in all of this, $700 million allegedly landed in Najib’s bank account and the going theory is that 1MDB is simply a slush fund.